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Idaho simplifies waterfowl shooting hours

Steve Croston and Tom Pipkin burst out of their blind to shoot at Canada geese during filming of the Working Man's Retriever TV series, featuring Dan Hosford, professional dog trainer from Medical Lake, Wash. (Rich Landers)
Steve Croston and Tom Pipkin burst out of their blind to shoot at Canada geese during filming of the Working Man's Retriever TV series, featuring Dan Hosford, professional dog trainer from Medical Lake, Wash. (Rich Landers)

HUNTING -- With waterfowl seasons opening Saturday, Idaho hunters are noticing that a table of official hunting hours, which change during the season, are no longer published in the Idaho Fish and Game Department's waterfowl hunting regulations pamphlet. 

That's because the legal shooting hours have been simplified to one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Waterfowl hunters can find sunrise and sunset hours for the area they will be hunting in newspapers and various online sources, including this site.

In addition, a chart of shooting hours is available on the waterfowl page on the fish and Game website

But if you're like me and  still want something on paper you can keep in your pickup, look for the Shooting Hours pamphlet available at license vendors and Fish and Game offices.

 



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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